They faced certain death if they did didn't before the early snow falls. The mountain passes were too treacherous for wagon trains when they were iced over. Availability of food would have also been a problem.
Oliver Brown, preacher in Atchison, Topeka instigated when his daughter Linda was forced to seven blocks to a black school when a segregated one was one block away.
The anti- federalists favored strong state governments because they thought that a strong government could handle al the economic problems of the country.
The major cause for the shift in European trade from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean during the late 1400s was due to the fact that the Ottoman Turks seized control of Constantinople. This was one of the main reason behind the shifting of the trade route. I hope the answer helps you.